Cork-puller.



EJLCGRKERY.

CORK PULL-BR.'

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11. 1913.

EDMUND J'. CORKERY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CORK-runnen.

Application filed September lll, y3.913. Serial N o. 789,391.

To all wtom t may concern.'

B e it known that I, EDMU'ND J. CORKERY, a citizen of the United Statesof America,

- residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,vhaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in.

CoikPullers; and I. do hereby declarethe following to be la full,clear,l and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it ap-` pertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in cork pullers, and its object isto provide a device of this character 'which may be cheaply made; whichwilleffectively remove corks from bottles without breaking the cork, andwith small manual eort; andto provide the vdevice with various new andAuseful features hereinafter more lully described Aand particularlypointed out in the claims, reference being had toitr drawings, in whichA Figure l is a plan view of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 isa' section of the saine on the line l2--2 of Fig. l; Fig. '3

illustrates the device in position to pull laj cork which is wholly`within the neck.of a

bottleand Fig. shows the puller gripping a cork which projects out ofthe neck of the bottle. v

Like numbers refer tolike parts in all of the figures. A

This cork puller comprises a pair of pliers having jaws l and 2 pivotedtogether by a holt 3' and actuated by handles'l. The tips of the, jaws land 2 are provided with inwardly projecting prongs l? andQ* adapted togripl alcofrk 5; A cork screw 6 is attached toal 'plategwhich isinterposed between the jawsl and@ attheir pivotal connection and thepivot bolt 3, whichy is preferably removable, passes `through 'the saidlplate.y The cork screw 't5 extends between the jawsl and 2 and is longenough to project beyond the' same.

This device may be operated under various'conditions, as for example,fwhenthe cork to be removed is wholly within the neck 8 of the bottle,thel jaws may be opened widely as illustrated in Fig. 3 and the corkscrew 6 inserted in the cork until the opened jaws engage the end of thebottle, and willl act as leversv engaging the end of the bottle andwillI withdraw the cork until its end prlpjects from the bottle. Thejaws may then .be closed so that fthe spurs la and 2 heaccompanyingthereon will grip the end of the assist in withdrawing thesanne..v

If the operator desires, he may, in removing a cork which is whollywithin the bottle as above described, close the jaws befre insei-tingthe cork screw in the cork, and by turning the said screw the jaws willengage Specication of Letters Patent. f Patented Apr. 21, 1914. v

cork and v the mouth of the bottle prevent-ing further' downwardmovement, and further turningk of the screw will raise the cork to themouth of the bottle by the action of the screw in the cork. This willloosen the cork sufficiently so that it can thenbe withdrawn by pullingon the handles.

It is obvious, of course, that if the cork already projects from t-hebottle, it is merely necessary to insert the cork screw therein and gripthe projecting end withthe prongs` on the jaws and draw the cork bypulling on i the handles, the prongs assisting the screw to hol-d to thecork.

Itgwill be seen that this device provides 'means' whereby any cork, nomatter how.

firmly. insertedv in the bottle, may be easily withdrawn, andfurthermore the jaws will grip thecork on its'periphery and aid the corkscrew andpreventpulling the screw out of the cork.

If the corkscrew should accidentally become broken the-plate 7 may beremoved' by removing the pivot bolt 3. and a new plate and corkscrewsubstituted.

What I claim is l. A cork puller, comprising a pair of pliers, onemember of which serves as a lever to engage the mouth of a bottle andracork screw attached to'v said member and adapted to enter acork in saidbottle. h y

2. A cork'puller, 'comprising a pair of jpliers and a cork screw.attached to said pliers and extending between the jaws thereof, saidpliers being adapted to engage the mouthgof a bottle to ,act as a leverto raise the corkand to grip the cork to aid `the cork screw.

3. A cork puller, comprising a pair of pliers having prongs on its jawsand a cork y screw attached to said pliers and extending between thejaws thereof, said pliersbeing adapted to engage the mouth of a bottletov act as a double lever to raise ythe cork and to grip the cork to aldthecork screw. c

4. A cork puller,- comprlsmg a pair of A pliers and a cork screwpivotally attached to said pliers at their pivotal connection, andextending betweenl the jaws of the same, said pliers being adapted to`engage the mouth of a. bottle to act as a doublelever to raise the cork.or to engage the cork to aid the cork screw.

5. A cork" puller, comprising a pair of pliers vhaving prongs on itsJaws, a removable pivot bolt Ato connect said jaws, and a cork screwpivotally attabhed to said pliers' by said pivot bolt, said jaws beingadapted to engg'e the mouth of u bottle to act as a 10 double lever toraise the cork or to engage said cork to aid the eork screw. f Intestimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND J. CORKERY. W itnesses A. J. LYON,

HAROLD O. VAN An'rwsnr.

(iopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents i Washington, D. C.

